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Monday, February 9, 2009

Ghostly-- Mostly Do you believe in ghosts PART TWO

Dad, will you explain to us, What was WITH our childhood home? Did you know that it was haunted Before you put your money down? Were you aware of spirits, Our attention trying to seize? That some of them were agonized While others liked to tease? Did you hear the those creeping steps, Which outside... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Ghostly Mostly

Do You Believe in Ghosts?? Part one. The house that I grew up in Was haunted day and night. We thought all this was normal, But our guests sure shrieked in fright. They noticed in the dining room That they could clearly hear Breathing, labored, gasping And panicky with fear. The two hundred year old... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Haiku'd You?

1. On warm winter morns I smell something in the air; dog doors give me work. ----------------------------------- 2. spring clean the basement locate last year's spring clothing; place in the rag bag. ----------------------------------- 3. food soothes winter blues and my spirit longs for June; but... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Men Are Victims on Valentine's Day!

Here comes the showdown 'tween two Giants, The ugly clash of Corporate teams. Weight loss barkers want us compliant With their calls for eating greens, Which, combined with their magic capsules, Will render our bodies svelte and lean. Meanwhile the chocolate pushers tell us, Any woman, with charm... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

In Dreams

Super charged feelings come through in my dreams. Such feelings can whisk me back to age fourteen, in love or being a baffled young mum with dreadful misgivings. Sometimes I wake up reluctantly. I want to be back there again and submit to those caressing, stabbing, mental overloads. I have one dream... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 2, 2009

ScoreKeeper Is Watching!

The Score-Keeper Will Make You Pay. I made many mistakes in my unfeeling youth, Some didn’t matter, to tell you the truth. But others still haunt me And frequently taunt me With mem’ries both crass and uncouth. I remember we found a dog’s corpse at the dump Sticking out of the mud, and on it we... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

The Old Barn, ( On the Gold Rush Trail in British Columbia, Canada.)

The Old Barn The old barn sleeps, ignored, beside the highway, Where tourists thunder by, vacation bound. And in her dreams she sees her past unfolded, And ghosts of folk who once walked here-around. This barn is standing here because the Gold-Rush, Brought fortune -seekers in from points afar, Like... Sign in to see full entry.

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